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Getting Started

• What is DCC?
• What DCC systems will DecoderPro® work with?
• What hardware do I need?
• How do I start the program?
• How do I set up my preferences?

Using DecoderPro®

• How do I set up to program a decoder?
• What are the Programming Modes?

DecoderPro® Programming Modes

• Single CV Programmer
• Service Mode Programmer
• Ops Mode Programming
• Multi Decoder Control (Programming)

The Basic Programmer

• Entering locomotives in the "Roster"
• The basic programmer
• Reading the data from the decoder
• Entering and editing new data
• Writing the new data to the decoder
• Saving the new data to a file
• What if I need to do more?

The Comprehensive Programmer

• Set-up and Roster Panes
• Expanded Basic Pane
• Motor Control Pane
• Speed Control Pane
• Speed Table Pane
• Function Mapping Pane
• Function Labels Pane
• Lights Pane
• Consisting Pane
• Advanced Features Pane
• Analog Controls Pane
• Sound Pane
• Sound Levels Pane
• Global CV Pane
• Manufacturer-Specific Pane
• Printing the Decoder Data

DecoderPro® Main Window

• Main Window
• Menu Overview
• File Menu
• Edit Menu
• Tools Menu
• Roster Menu
• Panels Menu
• System dependent menu
• Debug Menu
• Window Menu
• Help Menu

Creating a Decoder Definition

• Getting Started
• Format
• Testing
• Submitting to JMRI

Error Messages

• Decoder Programmer Error Messages

DecoderPro® Main Window

Menu Overview

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Most of the DecoderPro functions can be accessed via the menu bar on the DecoderPro window

File

• Print Decoder Definitions...
• Print Preview Decoder Definitions...
• Quit

Edit

• Cut
• Copy
• Paste
• Preferences...

Tools

• Programmers
  • Single CV Programmer
  • Service Mode Programmer
  • Ops-Mode Programmer
  • Multi-Decoder Control
• Tables
  • Various Tables used with Panel Pro and not covered in this manual
• Clocks
  • Setup Fast Clock...
  • Nixie Clock
  • LCD Clock
  • Analog Clock
• Power Control
• Turnout Control...
• Simple Signal Logic
• Sensor Groups...
• Speedometer...
• Light Control...
• Dispatcher...
• Send DCC Packet...
• USS CTC Controls...(not covered in this manual)
• Operations (covered in another section)

Roster

• Create Entry...
• Edit Entry...
• Copy Entry...
• Import Entry...
• Export Entry...
• Delete Entry...
• Print Summary...
• Print Preview Summary...

Panels

Beyond the scope of this manual, primarily for use in connection with PanelPro

System
(This menu name will depend upon the system that you selected in Preferences. The options are listed. If (none) is selected in Preferences this menu will not be displayed.)

• Acela
• CMRI
• EasyDCC
• Grapevine
• LocoNet    
• NCE
• OakTreeSystems
• Powerline
• QSI
• RPS
• SECSI
• SPROG
• TMCC
• wangrow
• XpressNet
• Zimo

Debug

• Memory Usage Monitor
• Import Decoder File
• Import Decoder URL
• Recreate Decoder Index
• Recreate Roster Index
• Other options are beyond the scope of this manual

Window

• DecoderPro
• LocoNet Traffic
• Power Control

Help

• Window Help...
• General Help...
• License...
• Locations...
• Context....

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